prompted by reckless behavior across the board. it wasn t just on wall street. you had loan officers that were given loans and mortgages that really shouldn t have been given, because the folks didn t qualify. you had people who are borrowing money to buy a house that you couldn t afford. you had credit agencies that were stamping these as a-1 great investments when they weren t. but you also had banks making money hand over fifth, churning out products that the bankers themselves didn t even understand in order to make big profits, but knowing that it made the entire system vulnerable. so what did we do? we stepped in and had the toughest reforms on wall street since the 1930s. we said you ve got banks you ve got to raise your capital requirements. you can t engage in some of this risky behavior that is putting main street at risk.
it s time now to clear the air and poor old rick perry is living proof that money hand those immortal words just can t buy you lot. take a look at amount of cash he spent in iowa, $6,035,705. that s $1.5 million more than the next biggest spender, the victorious mitt romney. by the way, that s equates $480 per vote and perry was able to spend more than anyone else because he raised more than anyone else. the third-quarter fund-raising totals were incredible, perry outstripping romp any by $3 million. but look at what happened last night in iowa. perry got just 10% of the vote, and has decided to go back to texas and nurse his wounds. it was his first loss in 27 years and 10 consecutive elections, but if money can t buy you love, then nor can it buy you brains, and that s
it s time now to clear the air and poor old rick perry is living proof that money hand those immortal words just can t buy you lot. take a look at amount of cash he spent in iowa, $6,035,705. that s $1.5 million more than the next biggest spender, the victorious mitt romney. by the way, that s equates $480 per vote and perry was able to spend more than anyone else because he raised more than anyone else. the third-quarter fund-raising totals were incredible, perry outstripping romp any by $3 million. but look at what happened last night in iowa. perry got just 10% of the vote, and has decided to go back to texas and nurse his wounds. it was his first loss in 27 years and 10 consecutive elections, but if money can t buy you love, then nor can it buy you brains, and that s really why rick perry s campaign has collapsed. i mean, he s got plenty of of
give fema will have to be borrowed, bill, so we have to start making these choices. is it me, or is this the person you want to give your plan an endorsement? joining me is joe madison. sirius xm radio host and rory cooper director of strategic communication at the conservative heritage foundation. joe, you and i marched, was done around katrina, can you believed this? they rolled out brownie today? i can t believe it. i ll agree with eric cantor, fine, let s cut. let s build a few battleships, let s bring the troops home, every last one of them. that way you can put that money hand the soldiers to rebuilding. number two, we ve got another hurricane coming. lads time i checked, the e in
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